Colombia, BBC Sports Personality of the Year award
Peter Kennaugh won a silver medal in the points race at the UCI World Cup track event in Colombia last week. The 19-year-old from Onchan is focusing on the track this winter as he prepares for next April’s world championships.
Kennaugh also rode the Madison in Colombia finishing sixth with Great Britain team-mate Rob Hayles.
The pair are due to contest more World Cup events in the next few months with trips planned to China and Denmark.
It’s been a good few weeks in the Kennaugh household as Peter’s younger brother Tim was recently selected to join the Great Britain Olympic Development programme for talented junior riders.
* Meanwhile, Mark Cavendish’s achievements were highlighted in Sunday evening’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year show.
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Cyclist Pereiro confirmed for Tour Down Under
SYDNEY (AFP) — Spain’s 2006 Tour de France champion Oscar Pereiro will join Lance Armstrong in competing in the Tour Down Under in Australia next month, officials said Tuesday.
Organisers said it will be the first time that two Tour de France winners have competed in the 800-kilometre (500-mile) event in South Australia.
“The Tour Down Under is honoured to have Pereiro and Armstrong competing at our event,” race director Mike Turtur said.
“Spectators in Adelaide will get to see some of the best cycling champions of our time. It’s a great coup for the sport in this region.”
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Glasrikeresan new Swedish cycle race, 2009
Glasrikeresan is a new Swedish cycle race; attracting both elite riders and ”cyclosportifs” in a mass start . The start and finish is in Kosta – the heart of the Swedish Crystal Kingdom.
The prize money will be the biggest ever handed out in a Swedish bike race; 6.000 EUR is rewarded to the winner.
The Swedish Crystal Kingdom is a unique place that attracts a lot of tourists, where of many is from Denmark, Germany, Holland and Belgium. It´s also the place from where thousands of Swedes emigrated in the late 1800´s, superbly described in famous Swedish writer Vilhelm Moberg´s classical books.
As being held in Småland, in the midst of the Crystal Kingdom, the race covers 220 km and is organised as a Swedish “Eroica”, that is, some parts are raced over dirt roads, making it a bigger challenge.
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World’s Bike Race, Paul McNamee has joint push for Australia cycling team at Tour de France
Evans, runner-up in the world’s greatest bike race for the past two years, told the Herald Sun the formation of an Australian team had become “a real interest” for him.
He said he was actively working on it.
McNamee, a consultant for Australian Road Cycling, a Melbourne-based consortium that has been working for more than a year on the Tour de France project, said yesterday: “Cadel has been very supportive.
“If the opportunity arises, he would be our No. 1 target. We would love to think he could ride in our team eventually.”
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2009 USA Cycling - 14 Continental & 2 PeoTour Teams brings USA total to 16 USA Registered Teams for the 2009 Season
14 Continental Teams - 2 UCI ProTour Teams
USA Cycling announced today (December 8, 2008) the 13 squads that have been registered as UCI Continental teams in the United States for the 2009 racing season, as well as their respective rosters. Along with the previously announced UCI Pro Continental squad (BMC Racing) and UCI Pro Tour teams (Garmin-Chipotle, Team Columbia), the U.S. will feature 16 professional cycling teams recognized by the sport’s international governing body for the 2009 racing season.
U.S. teams receiving Continental status for 2009 include:
Amore e Vita/McDonalds/Velo Vie Pro Racing Team
Bissell Pro Cycling
BMC Racing
Colavita/Sutter Home p/by Cooking Light
DLP Racing
Jelly Belly Cycling
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Nepal: 14th Asian Mountain Bike Championship
The Asian Mountain Bike Championship-2008 has begun in Kathmandu from Thursday amidst the official opening ceremony.
Representatives form the Union Cycling International, Asian Cycling Confederation have already arrived in Kathmandu, Gopal Sunder Lal Kakshapati, vice president of the Nepal Cycling Association (NCA) and the chief coordinator of this event told Xinhua.
“Competition will be held in Chobhar hill of Kathmandu,” said Kakshapati.
Talking to Xinhua, Kakshapati said, “After three years of efforts, we have got this honor to host the Mountain Bike Championship (MTB).” This event will promote sports tourism in the country and will allow Nepal to host more sports events in the future, he said.
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Puerto Princesa Mountain Bike XC Challenge to be held on January 2009
Palawan - With the increased interest by Asian bikers to participate in the upcoming 2009 Puerto Princesa Mountain Bike XC Challenge to be held on January 29-31, 2009 at the Magarwak Integrated Recreation & Nature Park of Puerto Princesa City, organizers are considering fielding “Expat” category, a new category in the race exclusively for foreign participants in the said competition.
Joey Mirasol, the event’s race director, explained that the competition was primarily conceived as a national individual competition, but would be open to any foreigner who may wish to join, considering that there are quite a few foreign permanent residents who have taken up the sport.
”Because word of the event reached bikers in Singapore, a bike-friendly city state holding regular mountain bike competitions at Kent Ridge, a public nature park with bike trails, their cycling association posted the 2009 Puerto Princesa Mountain Bike XC Challenge at their website”, he said.
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Bike to School - impacts of global warming, Bandung’s senior high school began bicycles to school
In an effort to raise awareness among the youth on how to mitigate the impacts of global warming, 200 students from Bandung’s SMA Taruna Bakti senior high school began riding their bicycles to school.
The students, between 15 and 17 years old, stated their commitment to ride their bikes to school at least once a month before head of the West Java Regional Environment Management Agency (BPLHD) Agus Rahmat at the Taman Pramuka Park on Jl. Martadinata on Oct. 25 after cycling around the city for three hours.
Eleventh grader Bella Mei Ryanni said she had never thought of cycling to school although she kept a bicycle at her house in the Cicaheum area.
Bella was motivated after two of her friends, Sarita Saraswati and Chyndar Naya Putri, returned from the Be the Change training program, a workshop on climate change organized by Oxfam GB Indonesia and Greener Magazine in August of this year. Read more
Memphis Cyclists Showed Tremendous Talent on the Bicycle, mission beyond the competition
Reed set out to create a team of serious cyclists committed to road cycling under the name of a company he co-owned, “Memphis Motorwerks.” He later renamed the team “Marx & Bensdorf” after his real estate company.
“I’m 52 now, but as the sponsor of the team, the stronger riders have to let me stay around,” Reed jokes.
Reed handpicked Memphis cyclists who showed tremendous talent on the bicycle, but he wanted his team to be known for more than winning races. “They have to be a strong rider,” team captain Clark Butcher says about his teammates, “but they also need a strong reputation, a positive reputation, in the cycling community.” Butcher says that Marx & Bensdorf signs riders who earn respect on and off the bike. Read more
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France Cycling Route - Tour de France Route 2009
It’s that time of year again for speculation on the next Tour de France course. The Grand Tour organiser Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) will reveal the race details only on October 22 in Paris, but the media are already on the hunt for first leaks.
In this way, Spanish news agency Efe claims that one of the 2009 Tour stages will visit the principality of Andorra, located in the Pyrenees between France and Spain. The tourism minister of Andorra, Juli Minoves, reportedly affirmed this on Tuesday this week after talks with Tour director Christian Prudhomme and is now waiting for an official confirmation.
Sources inside the government of Andorra said that the stage finishing in the country’s capital of Andorra la Vella may start in Spanish Barcelona, another city which is said to host a Tour de France stage finish on Saturday, July 11, 2009.
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ABA, Bicycle Motocross Sport and derby-style competition - Talent BMX riders up to pedal for medals
The trio, aged eight,11 and 13 are talented BMX riders gearing up to pedal for medals as the American Bicycle Association (ABA) hosts the Canadian Grand Nationals in Chilliwack for the seventh consecutive year.
“It’s one of those sports you have to go watch,” exclaimed the siblings father Jim Olsen. “It’s super fast.”
BMX stands for Bicycle Motocross sport and is derby-style competition that involves dirt jumps, banked corners and other obstacles where the first rider over the finish line wins.
“It’s a full contact sport,” harps Jim. “They get scratches and nicks all the time. We call them BMX bruises.”
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Volvo Stand 2008 Cycle Show at Earls Court
There are plenty of reasons to visit the Volvo stand at the 2008 Cycle Show which takes place at Earls Court between 10-12 October. Volvo will once again co-sponsor the very popular Mountain Bike Test Track and alongside displaying a selection of new Volvo models, there will also be a guest appearance from an Olympic Gold medallist sailor and the chance to win a weekend in the new Volvo XC60.
Volvo has a long commitment to designing cars suitable for outdoor hobbies, such as cycling and while the Volvo range has become increasingly stylish, it still remains practical and versatile. On display is a selection of these versatile models including the Volvo XC70 Volvo Ocean Race Edition, the striking C30 R-DESIGN Sport and the new stunning Volvo XC60 crossover. Volvo also has its own range of bicycle holders so bikes can be transported safely and securely, whether they are on the roof of the car, in the boot or attached to a towbar. Read more
Popularity BMX Sport Finally Arrive on Olympic
The popularity of BMX has seen the sport finally arrive on the Olympic stage, with its debut at the Games on Wednesday, August 20.
BMX, an acronym for Bicycle Moto Cross, has its roots in the late 1960s, southern California scene when teenagers started to imitate the booming Moto Cross (motorcycle) scene with modified, ‘tricked out’ bicycles.
The sport brings a wild flair packed with youthful energy and colorful characters. Tattoos and piercings are commonplace. One Australian rider formerly known as Jaime Hildebrandt legally changed his name to Kamakazi. Read more